diff --git a/src/ratelimiter.c b/src/ratelimiter.c
index e33ec72a..27a34071 100644
--- a/src/ratelimiter.c
+++ b/src/ratelimiter.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/siphash.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
 
 static struct kmem_cache *entry_cache;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ static u64 init_refcnt; /* Protected by init_lock, hence not atomic. */
 static atomic_t total_entries = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 static unsigned int max_entries, table_size;
 static void wg_ratelimiter_gc_entries(struct work_struct *);
+struct tvec_base { char herp_derp; } tvec_base_deferrable;
 static DECLARE_DEFERRABLE_WORK(gc_work, wg_ratelimiter_gc_entries);
 static struct hlist_head *table_v4;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
@@ -216,6 +218,10 @@ err:
 
 void wg_ratelimiter_uninit(void)
 {
+	struct timer_list dummy_timer;
+	setup_deferrable_timer_on_stack(&dummy_timer, NULL, 0);
+	gc_work.timer.base = dummy_timer.base;
+
 	mutex_lock(&init_lock);
 	if (!init_refcnt || --init_refcnt)
 		goto out;